Cloud Strife quotes from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)

Cloud Strife

I said I'd live out both our lives. Easy to make that promise. (English version)

Cloud Strife

I'm not fit to help anyone. Not my family. Not my friends. Nobody.

Cloud Strife

I think... I want to be forgiven. Yes, I want to be forgiven...

Cloud Strife

I think... I want to be forgiven...More than anything. (English version)

Cloud Strife

I pity you. You just don't get it at all. There's not a thing I don't cherish!
to Sephiroth

Cloud Strife

I think my burden has lightened. (Japanese)

Cloud Strife

I feel lighter. Maybe I lost some weight with all that dilly-dallying. (English)

Cloud Strife

But... I let you die...
To Aerith

Cloud Strife

Too bad; I'm a delivery boy now.
To Rufus

Cloud Strife

Stay there for me, trapped in memories...(Japanese)
To Sephiroth

Cloud Strife

Stay where you belong: in my memories...
To Sephiroth

Cloud Strife

I know; I'm not alone. Not anymore...

Cloud Strife

Are sins ever forgiven...?
To Vincent

Cloud Strife

Not interested.

Cloud Strife

That's right...I am your living legacy. (Complete version)

Aerith

You came...even though you're about to break...That's a good sign. So...why did you come?

Cloud

I think...I want to be forgiven...More than anything...

Aerith

By who...?

Cloud

But...I let you die.

Aerith

Dilly dally, shilly shally! Isn't it time you did the forgiving?

Rufus

Besides, you're an ex-SOLDIER aren't you?

Cloud

Hmph...In my head...

Cloud

What's this about "Mother"?

Rufus

Oh, did Kadaj say that? Well, it's not a surprise. All children wish to see their mothers. I understand there are orphans living with you. Don't you want to put smiles back on their faces?

Cloud

... I don't know.

Reno

C'mon! With you help, together we can rebuild Shin-Ra!

Cloud

Not interested...

Rude, Rufus

Reno!

Cloud Strife

Are sins ever forgiven?

Vincent Valentine

...I've never tried.

Cloud Strife

Never... tried...

Cloud Strife

Marlene, let's go home.

Cloud Strife

Well, I'm going to try.

Cloud Strife

I'll phone in the verdict.

Kadaj

Brother! I'm with her at last!.

Cloud Strife

So what's going to happen now?

Kadaj

Mother's going to tell me.

Cloud Strife

Hmph. I guess a remnant wouldn't really know.

Kadaj

So what if I'm a puppet.

Kadaj

Once upon a time...

Kadaj

...you were too!!
[attacks Cloud]

Sephiroth

Good to see you, Cloud. [Throws Cloud to the top of a building and follows him] Your geostigma is gone. That's too bad.

Cloud Strife

Sephiroth, what do you want?

Sephiroth

The last thoughts of Geostigma's dead. Those remnants will join the lifestream and girdle the planet: choking it, corroding it. What I want, Cloud, is to sail the darkness of the cosmos with this planet as my vessel, just as my mother did long ago. [Turns the sky clouded] Then one day, we'll find a new planet and on its soil we'll create a shining future.

Cloud Strife

What about this planet?

Sephiroth

Well, that's up to you, Cloud.

Cloud Strife

Mother...?

Aerith Gainsborough

Another one? Why is everyone calling me their mother lately?

Zack Fair

I guess they must be fond of you.

Aerith Gainsborough

This one's too big to adopt.

Zack Fair

Tough luck, friend. It seems you don't have a place here.

Sephiroth

Where did you find this strength?

Cloud Strife

I'm not about to tell you!

Sephiroth

Tell me what you cherish most.

Sephiroth

Give me the pleasure of taking it away...

Cloud

I pity you. You just don't get it at all. There's not a thing I don't cherish!

Cloud

Stay where you belong... in my memories.

Sephiroth

I will... never be a memory. [changes back into Kadaj]

Rufus

Cloud, you're an ex-SOLDIER, aren't you?

Cloud

Hmph...In my head...[opens door; pauses] What's this stuff about "Mother"?

Rufus

Why? Did Kadaj mention something? I'm not surprised.

Cloud

Rufus, if you're hiding something...

Rufus

I'd never keep a secret, not from a comrade. You must want to learn all you can about the stigma. Naturally for the sake of those orphans you live with. Surely you long to see the smiles return to their faces. All we want in the end, is to rebuild our world, Cloud...

Cloud

... But I....

Reno

C'mon, Cloud! Think about it, together we could rebuild Shin-Ra!

Cloud

Not interested...

Rude, Rufus

Reno!

Zack

So what if it looks hopeless? If it were me, I still wouldn't give up. Embrace you dreams. And, whatever happens, protect your honor as SOLDIER! ...Well, okay, you never made SOLDIER. But it's what's in here that counts.

Cloud

Zack?

Zack

Well? You need a hand with him?

Zack

You already beat him once, didn't you? This should be a cinch!

Cloud

Yeah...

Zack

Cloud. You know what I told you.

Cloud

That's right.. I am your living legacy.

Denzel

Is this somebody's grave?

Cloud

No. This is where a hero began his journey.